Nearly 75,000 customers reported problems texting and making calls on Downdetector.

China’s reported ban on the net sales of equities during market opens and closes theoretically makes it easier to prop up reeling stocks, in part by hamstringing quantitative traders at critical parts of the trading day.

The world’s largest PC maker said it expects the global PC sector to recover to a level structurally higher than in the prepandemic period.

Nestlé reported full-year earnings and sales that were just shy of expectations, and cautioned that sales growth will moderate this year as higher prices force shoppers to ease spending.

WPP’s full-year core profit slightly missed expectations and the advertising group guided for like-for-like revenue growth in 2024 of 0% to 1%, adding that it was confident of delivering accelerated and increasingly profitable growth over the medium term.

Chord shareholders would control about two-thirds of the combined company, while Enerplus holders would control the remainder.